3 semester credits

An important skill for early childhood educators is to recognize the benefits and work through the challenges of implementing an integrated approach to curriculum and instruction. In this course, education professionals focus on standards-based, data-driven, developmentally appropriate teaching, learning, and assessment within and across content areas in preschool through grade 3. They learn the importance of integrating literacy and mathematics in meaningful and relevant ways, and they engage in practical assignments that focus primarily on teaching in content areas of science, social studies, and the arts. Education professionals examine standards; apply effective methods and strategies to plan instruction, including approaches to meet diverse needs; and develop ideas for integrating multiple content areas.